PeachBlossomGoddess

I found i to be a fun enough watch to pass time but ultimately forgettable .

Yes and historical sets are very noisy bc multiple dramas shoot at Hengdian all the time so it’s hard to live record. Also regional dialects and difficulty with classical lines make it easier to dub over. But the more serious actors who have big screen aspirations always make it a point to dub themselves bc movies have to use original live recorded lines to qualify for awards.

Zhang Wanyi's acting and lines are very good. Pretty sure Wang Churan was dubbed by a voice actor - she is not at a level where she can do her own lines. Its fine, Yang Mi's entire career was made by her voice actors.

I don't always agree with Douban scores but I find it to be far more reliable and consistent than MDL. IMHO the CD Douban rating was on the low side but the criticisms were more than fair.

The better c-dramas are the ones that are based on good IPs and/or actually pay up for good screenwriters. Sadly the vast majority of them don't. I usually look for good IP adapted by directors and screenwriters I like. I don't care as much about who the actors are.

Yes, this is a far better representation of the detective genre. CD was more carried by the romance.

I also love that the FL can fight. She won't need to rush into dangerous missions and then wait around for the ML to make a grand entrance to save her.
I think there may be more than one Yesha.

Yes totally agree. Coroner's Diary was highly entertaining but the leads were too perfect cardboard characters. And the cases were highly illogical - I can't even call it a detective drama. It was almost completely carried by good acting.

So far based on the Douban comments and reviews, this will easily score higher than Coroner's Diary which ended at a dismal 6.1. Doesn't mean it will get more views but so far, it doesn't have as many logic and plot bugs.

Chinese dramas would like to do long running series as well for the same reasons. Without regulation, they'd be making 100+ episode series over many seasons as well!😅 But for a variety of reasons, including censorship, they haven't succeeded other than on a limited basis.
I don't mind reading subs for a movie once in a blue moon but I read off the screen at work all day. Last thing I want to do when I get home is read off another screen.

For modern I still think Western dramas are the best. I don’t watch k-dramas bc I am too lazy to read subtitles.

lol - I don’t watch modern dramas unless it’s crime.😅

The cap at 40
episodes was driven by regulation. But the move down below that has been for commercial reasons.

Depends on the project and who the main backers are - some production studios don’t invite other investors or sell the drama until after it’s completed shooting so that they can control the more of the production process. Others invite investment from early on to manage risk and minimize their own investment - this is what most of the platforms try to do. There are no set rules bc they are just privately negotiated projects. The last stage though is usually advertisers and brand endorsements bc those kinds of “investors”
don’t want to back projects that will never air.

Wow! No good deed goes unpunished!!!

It's been done and done very well. If I mention the drama however, you will be spoiled.

I wouldn't be surprised if Beiming is a remnant of the village. But according to Zhu Yitie's testimony Yesha is a middle aged man. And if Beiming is Yesha, he ordered the killing of the FL's father. That's going to be impossible for the relationship to survive.

Its possible but I think Yesha is someone older, with a huge grudge.

Its too early to say who the main villain is.

It shows a dark hooded figure hovering over the team. I assume that is Yesha. I tried to replace the current poster with it. Let's see if they change it.